Originally Posted by
NWAFA
One has to keep up with the times. At one point a FA could not be married. Had to be a nurse. And had to retire at 30. What other career puts that kind of restriction on a persons personal life. The lawsuits were filed in the '60's and won in the '70's. That's also the same time men could become FA's and women could become pursers.
The law of the land is that this is a land of opportunity. And no discrimination against sex, age, race, creed or sexual orientation.
But if paying low wages means high turnover, then the end result will be the same- a young workforce. And there is noting wrong with that.
The problem becomes this: when you turn a career into an entry level position, you get the bottom of the bottom in terms of quality. Good employees would rather work at McDonald's.
I really don't know what the solution is, but there is a reason that this has happened.
Once upon a time, women didn't have many career choices. They could be FA's, they could answer phones, they could be secretaries, receptionists, nurses, and teachers. Obviously there were other options, but they generally weren't managers, didn't do mechanics, etc.
Now that women can participate in other fields, the best of the women generally don't enter careers such as FA and teaching, because the wages are too low.
I have noticed first hand the decline in teachers in my area, and I wouldn't be surprised if this has had an effect on the airlines as well.